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NUIM Postgrad Scholarship

  • 31-05-2013 1:47pm
    #1
    Musefan
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    Hi, my OH will be starting a taught masters in NUIM in September. We read about a postgraduate scholarship of 2000 which is awarded to the most qualified person starting the masters. Can anyone tell me what kind of applicant tends to get these scholarships? This will be my OH's fourth qualification in his field & he has worked within the area for quite some time. Would he have a chance of getting such a scholarship?

    Thanks in advance!


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  • #2
    mickstupp
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    Hi Musefan, see here: http://graduatestudies.nuim.ie/feesfundingfinance/funding/internalfunding
    For September 2013, 60 Taught Masters Bursaries consisting of €2,000 are open to all students who have completed the final year of their BSc or BA Honours Degree since 2007, (including those graduating this summer) and who have been in receipt of County or City Council Higher Education Grant funding. The Bursaries will be awarded to highly qualified students accepted onto a Taught Masters programme at NUI Maynooth commencing in September 2013. Please read the Terms and Conditions document below carefully before completing the application form. Closing date for applications is July 5th 2013
    I think it's basically one or two per department, depending on size. There's a lot more information on that page, and also the terms and conditions, which you should read carefully. They changed these bursaries and scholarships in the last year or so, so I don't really know what the conditions are any more.

    It used to be, for the MA bursaries, that 'most qualified' basically meant: whoever has the highest marks among those applying for a particular MA. If it still works like that then, if there's 6 people applying for the MA your OH is after, he would have to have gotten higher marks than the rest in his degree. It's not like a research funding thing where you have a full application that gets assessed, maybe an interview etc. you're looking at him needing minimum a high 2.1 degree overall, I would say, just to be in with a chance. But even if he doesn't, there's no harm in applying for it, you never know who might withdraw their application or drop out.

    But I'm basing that on how it used to be. Don't take my word for any of this, read the terms and conditions and give the graduate studies office a call maybe.


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